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Zaarly closes $1 million seed round, Bo Fishback going full-time
Remember that startup we first wrote about less than two weeks ago? The one that launched at Startup Weekend Los Angeles on February 20 with a pitch by Kansas Citian Bo Fishback? The one that had celebrities Demi Moore and LeVar Burton tweeting about it the night it launched? Yeah, that one: Zaarly. Earlier today,…
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Cohesive Creative and Code creates home-grown success story
With appreciation to my loyal following (thanks, family) and Silicon Prairie News’ inability to recruit a decent writer from the Cedar Valley, I’m back for another go-round of what’s happening in eastern Iowa. Much of my focus will be on bringing awareness to some of the firms that make up the growing tech scene that…
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SitStay stands test of time through 15 years of growth, change
When I arrived at SitStay’s warehouse to interview owner Darcie Krueger, she was finishing up the hiring process with her new customer-service employee. She told me that while I waited for them to wrap up I could play catch with her dog Gibbs. As I was throwing the ball down the office hallway, I could…
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LaunchRock gives props to Zaarly (Video)
In our Tools for the Trade post yesterday we featured LaunchRock, a website that makes it easy for startups to put up a page prior to launch in order to capture leads for alpha or beta users. One startup that has, in the opinion of LaunchRock’s founder Jameson Detweiler, used LaunchRock effectively is Zaarly, a…
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Prairie Moves: Josh Dreyer, Jeff Valder, Jonathan Sharp & More
Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please…